Family Room Updates {a few changes & additions}

June 5, 2014

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I know I told y’all I was sharing a beach sign later this week. But I was looking at next week’s schedule!
Oops. Sorry!
Today I’m actually sharing some Family Room updates & changes I’ve made since I posted some recent things in there.

That I like but don’t love.
I had mentioned in the post linked above that I wanted to give it a re-do with deeper tufting and a pretty yellow fabric.
And I still do.

But, who has time for that? Ha!

I don’t right now with so many other projects going on. Plus, with summer upon us, I am busy with my outdoor areas now.
So I will re-visit this re-do in the Fall … or never … but for now I found this pretty yellow throw.
It sort of gives me the look I was after with the yellow.

I also added another rug underneath. Pay no mind to that. It probably won’t stay.
By the way, it was an “extra” rug. I purchased it for a bedroom but it was too small where I wanted to use it.
So much for measuring!

And I found a “LOVE” pillow…and I love it.
It’s back there on my little vanity/sitting chair– aka– an extra seat for someone to sit, if needed.

I’d been wanting to “makeover” this lamp for awhile but didn’t get to it before I posted about this little end table.

But now I have….

It was pretty simple. Pure White Chalk Paint with Dark Wax over top. I highlighted the edges of the metal trim with Gold buffing wax.
It so needed that! Don’t you agree?

That gold gave it a nice little shine.

I might have gone a little crazy walking around hitting things with that awesome gold stuff.
It’s so pretty I couldn’t help myself.

I didn’t put it on this though.

I spray painted it with an off white color, gave it a light sanding and hung it up here:

I thought it was the perfect spot for it and it almost hides the bracket in the middle of the curtain rod.
(By the way, these are the first pair of “no-sew” curtain panels I made. You can read about them –> here)

It was a thrifty find too (no surprise!).

I also just painted another pillowcase with Chalk Paint®.
Here it is before: (removed from the insert)

I didn’t do it the regular way, however.

I tried something completely different this time. I know you can dye fabric with Chalk Paint so I decided to try something similar.
I made a watery mix of Scandinavian Pink and dipped the pillow case in and swooshed it all around.
It soaked the paint up really well but I didn’t rinse it out. (as you would if you were dying the fabric)
It didn’t cover the pattern but I was perfectly fine with that. I just wanted a coral colored pillow, not gold.

And it worked.

I just wrung it out and laid it in the sun to dry. Once dry, I applied some Clear Wax.
It’s the softest feeling fabric (finished) I have done. (doesn’t really feel as much like leather as the chairs do, etc)
You can read about my previous pillow painting adventures …here, here and here.

And lastly, my husband and I put up a shelf in the Family Room.
(I can’t show you a full wall shot because there’s a little French Cabinet just below the shelf I’ll be sharing soon!— If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen a few sneak peeks already. )

The shelf is made out of a board we already had.
I painted it Pure White and sprayed it with Minwax Polycrylic to seal.

The brackets came from Hobby Lobby. I painted those with the same white and lightly sanded to give them an “aged” look.
These are the same brackets I used for my shelves by my “Coffee Bar” except I left those “rust” colored. You can see them –> here.

I’ve got some things sitting up on it now….one of them is the beach sign I was supposed to be sharing today!
Next week I’ve got a little patriotic themed post coming up along with some of my blogger friends and I’ll also be sharing that beach sign.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

xoxo

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Hi Bonnie!
Thanks so much! The wall color is Blonde, SW6128. (Sherwin Williams) I have my house colors listed at the bottom of my page…but I really need to move it up to the side! No one sees it all the way down there! (I looked up White Raisin…it’s looks pretty too!)

Nancy, I love so many things about your family room! You are such an inspiration!

Oh, and I love the rug in there… it looks to be jute?? I’m wanting a jute rug (or something similar) for my family room. The one I have now sheds too much. It’s the second rug in as many years. The first one shed even worse! Eventually, I will land on one that I really like that doesn’t shed! My husband really loves that I keep changing the rug!

Great job!

P.S. And I’m definitely going to try that “dyeing the pillow with chalk paint” thing! xo

Aw thank you Karen
Yep, they are both jute! I love them I have the same (lighter one, bleached) but large in my Study. But…they do shed some. I think it’s just the nature of a lot of these natural rugs unfortunately. I don’t really notice it on the wood floors but if you sit on it with black pants…you need a sticky roller after!
It seems like the white one sheds worse than the brown.
I bet your husband loves the changing of the rugs (etc etc etc) the same way my husband does!! lol
xo
Nancy

Don’t you love simple makeovers that turn out great? Makes it so much more fun. Everything you did makes a wonderful difference. It’s just stopping to do them that’s hard when you have a list of to-do’s hanging over your head.
I’ll have to look at HL to find some of those brackets, love yours. Want to put up a shelf under my plate rack, have the shelf but no brackets. Love your wainscoting.
You’ve inspired me with your projects, I’ve been updating our single wide mfg. home as much as I can with no money. Using things I had and it’s made a creditable difference in how I feel about l/r. It’s about time some of “things” I keep accumulating at thrift stores are getting used and enjoyed.
Happy weekend

I do!! It doesn’t always go as planned so it’s nice when it turns out well!
I’m so happy I’ve inspired you! It doesn’t have to take large amounts of money to do things like this.
There are so many ways to decorate and change things up inexpensively…as you seem to already know as well!
Hope you have a wonderful week!
xo
Nancy

Isn’t it fun to sit in a room and look around at all you’ve accomplished in there? I think my favorite is the little lamp makeover. It’s so pretty now! Have a great weekend!! XOChristy@Confessions of a Serial Do-it-Yourselfer recently posted…Rolling Kitchen Cart Makeover

Thanks Christy…it is! But I also look around and think hmmm, I need to do this and do that. It’s never complete! But it sure it a change from when we moved in!
(it was dark brown everywhere!! even the walls!)
Nancy

This is an amazing website, so glad I came across it, having plenty of time on my hands at the moment there are so many interesting projects that I can do whilst staying in the warm. Thank you, please keep adding ideas and projects – fabulous!

...an east coast girl who loves to find and re-invent old treasures, decorate and design rooms without spending a fortune....but have it look as if you did! I love history, health and just anything creative...